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Renitency

Renitence \Re*ni"tence\ (r?-n?"tens), Renitency \Re*ni"ten*cy\ (-te-s?), n. [Cf. F. r['e]nitence.] The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
--Sterne.

We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants.
--E. Darwin.

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n. (alternative form of renitence English)

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This, of course, led me to suspect an infarct or renitency elsewhere than the womb.